Horse Riding in Terelj National Park

UB Guest House organised a trip to Terelj National Park for us where we would stay 2 nights in a Ger camp with a Mongolian family and go horse riding during the day. The Ger camp was about 1.5 hours from Ulan Bator and towards the end of the journey the roads were non existent.

Our Ger Camp

The first day we went for a 3 hour hike up the mountain near where we were staying. The sun was setting as we were on our way down so we got the opportunity to take some photos of the Mongolian landscape.

Sunset in Terelj

We were staying with a Mongolian family who live in a ger in Terelj all year. We are all of our meals with them and kept our Ger heated and Ghana (14 year old boy) took us horse riding. We were surprised to see that they had a large TV and a computer in their Ger. We  had all assumed because they lived in a ger they would not have a TV or a computer. Not only that but every evening after dinner Ghana played counter strike and mortal kombat on the computer.<

TV in a tent

On our second day we went horse riding to "Turtle Rock" which as you can probably guess is a rock that looks like a turtle. This reminded me of some of the attractions at the Craggy Island fair in Father Ted. Ghana was only 14 but he was skilled at horse riding, he didn't use a saddle and had a big stick that he used to control his horse and ours too. He only had a few words of English but he still managed to communicate with us quite well using hand gestures and laughing.

Ghana our Mongolian Guide

At one point he was explaining that my horse was very good at jumping so we convinced him to show us so I switched horses with him for a few minutes. I didn't actually ride his horse as it didn't have a saddle but I stood and watched :)

Ghana doing some tricks

We were horse riding for about one hour when Martins horse decided he needed a rest and he just sat down without warning. Ghana said he the horse was tired and switched Martin to his horse.

Martin is too heavy for his horse...

We had been warned by the staff at UB Guest House that it was going to be very cold so we had our fur hats, gloves and not for walking boots. I wore almost all of the clothes that I had took with me on the trip and it worked, I wasn't cold. I couldn't move very well but I wasn't cold.

Horse Riding in Mongolia

There were lots of dogs around the camp who were always trying to get into our tent as they new it was warm. 

Dogs sleeping outside our Ger

Ghana told me that they were not dogs but infact wolves. Well he said "not dog, wolf" a few times and then showed me the dogs teeth.

Not Dog, Wolf.

 Here is a picture from our last night in the Ger with Ghana and his parents.

Group Picture